FRIENDS RALLY AROUND SHATTERED MELISSA

Prairie pals and family help her navigate nightmare

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Gilbert wept in court after a judge granted her husband a pretrial release

DEVASTATED Melissa Gilbert is in pieces right now after husband Timothy Busfield turned himself in on child sex charges — and a source says she’s leaning heavily on old Hollywood friends and costars, who are urging her to file for divorce and not look back.

Busfield, 68, denies he’s a child predator after being charged by 11-year-old twin boys of alleged sex attacks while filming the Fox TV series The Cleaning Lady.

Actor-director Timothy Busfield is accused of sexually attacking twin boys